Tape of loss was tough for Jets to watch
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Damien Woody wasn't exactly squirming in his seat or covering his eyes while watching the footage of the Jets' brutal loss Sunday with the rest of his offensive teammates Monday.
Still, it was a bit uncomfortable peeking at that horror show all over again, peering at the screen and seeing 53 players masquerading as a team that Woody simply didn't recognize.
"Guys are definitely frustrated," the Jets right tackle said. "It was a tough meeting to really sit through and watch that tape because some of the stuff we were seeing, that's just not us. That's not a typical Jets football team."
That's essentially the way the bulk of the Jets' offensive players felt after getting shut out, 9-0, by the Packers. They were sloppy, looking nothing like a squad riding a five-game winning streak and tied for the league's best record.
Dropped passes, missed reads, penalties and brain cramps were the norm.
"It's not the team we are," Braylon Edwards said. "It's not the team that was 5-1 going into the bye week, just plain and simple. That's not us. That's not our type of football."
"Inexcusable," Santonio Holmes said. "Everything that happened was inexcusable."
The Jets were penalized more than someone who dips into their IRA account before turning 591/2 years old. They were flagged seven times for 55 yards, had at least one penalty on six of their 13 possessions and kept finding themselves in long down and distances.
That's not exactly their forte.
"We had some holding calls that really hurt you," coach Rex Ryan said. "We're not a team that's built to be in first-and-20 situations. In those types of situations, we were 1 of 4 in being able to pick up a first down. You're not going to win many games that way."
They also had, by Ryan's count, five critical dropped passes in the fourth quarter alone. That, of course, doesn't even include Holmes' big drop on the opening drive of the second half, when he couldn't come up with Mark Sanchez's pass on third-and-7 from Green Bay's 45-yard line. Holmes would probably have scored if he had caught it in stride.
"I honestly didn't even know how wide open I was," said Holmes, who also indicated he didn't know if he was going to start Sunday. "I was just running the route and the ball just died on me right at the last second. I put my eyes down on it, tried to track it, put my hands down late when I should have probably put them down a little earlier."
Sanchez took the blame after the game, but there was enough to go around on that play.
"Could he have been more accurate with the football? Probably," Ryan said. "Can Santonio catch that ball? Absolutely. And if he would've, could he have scored? Probably because he has great speed. For whatever reason, it never happened."
Now, it's all about making sure it actually does happen next time around. How do they accomplish that?
"Correcting all the mistakes, executing the little things, 11 guys doing their jobs at all times and having success," Edwards said. "When we do that, we are a good team; in fact, we are a great team. But when we have nine guys doing the right thing and two not, or when you have guys doing what they usually don't do, we can't win . . ."
They'll have to wait five more days before they can try to rinse out that nasty aftertaste, though.
"The hardest part about this week is you have to wait until Sunday to go play a game," Woody said. "I don't know if I've ever been shut out like that. That's tough, to be shut out at home. Our personnel and our coaching staff are too good for something like that to happen. And just after watching the tape, it validated it even more that this team should not be getting shut out."
